Cinematography: Gordon Willis

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Gordon Willis. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


The Godfather

1972 · Movie · 175 min. · United States

Direction Francis Ford Coppola

Cast Marlon Brando · Al Pacino · James Caan · Robert Duvall

Plot Epic tale of a 1940s New York Mafia family and their struggle to protect their empire from rival families as the leadership switches from the father (Marlon Brando) to his...

9.0

171K votes

9.0

171K votes

The Godfather: Part II

1974 · Movie · 200 min. · United States

Direction Francis Ford Coppola

Cast Al Pacino · Robert De Niro · Diane Keaton · Robert Duvall

Plot Continuing saga of the Corleone family as they move to Nevada and make the casino business their major income source under the leadership of the increasingly paranoid and malevolent Michael,...

8.9

136K votes

8.9

136K votes

Manhattan

1979 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Woody Allen · Diane Keaton · Mariel Hemingway · Michael Murphy

Plot Isaac’s sentimental life isn’t perfect. His ex-wife is writing a book revealing the couple’s intimacies. Although he’s dating Tracy, a student much younger than himself, he has started to really...

8.1

53K votes

8.1

53K votes

Annie Hall

1977 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Woody Allen · Diane Keaton · Tony Roberts · Carol Kane

Plot Alvy Singer (Woody Allen), a neurotic comedian from New York, falls in love with Annie (Diane Keaton). The movie explores the ups and downs of modern relationships.

8.0

71K votes

8.0

71K votes

The Godfather: Part III

1990 · Movie · 163 min. · United States

Direction Francis Ford Coppola

Cast Al Pacino · Diane Keaton · Talia Shire · Andy García

Plot In the final installment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept...

7.8

73K votes

7.8

73K votes

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Mia Farrow · Jeff Daniels · Danny Aiello · Dianne Wiest

Plot It’s the Depression and Cecilia works herself into the ground as a waitress in New Jersey while her husband does nothing. Her only outlet is the cinema, to which she...

7.6

28K votes

7.6

28K votes

Zelig

1983 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Woody Allen · Mia Farrow · Gale Hansen · Stephanie Farrow

Plot Mock documentary on the figure of Leonard Zelig, a chameleon of a man who astounded the American society of the “jazz era”. His story starts the day he tells a...

7.6

17K votes

7.6

17K votes

Broadway Danny Rose

1984 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Woody Allen · Mia Farrow · Nick Apollo Forte · Sandy Baron

Plot In a Broadway restaurant a group of comedians exchange old stories about the world of showbiz. As the conversation progresses, they recall Danny Rose, an agent who took on some...

7.4

9K votes

7.4

9K votes

All the President's Men

1976 · Movie · 136 min. · United States

Direction Alan J. Pakula

Cast Robert Redford · Dustin Hoffman · Jason Robards · Martin Balsam

Plot In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to...

7.2

12K votes

7.2

12K votes

Interiors

1978 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Diane Keaton · Mary Beth Hurt · Geraldine Page · E.G. Marshall

Plot Eve, whose husband Arthur has walked out on her, joins her three daughters to try and deal with the situation. Although she’s having a hard time, her daughters have their...

7.2

7K votes

7.2

7K votes

Pennies From Heaven

1981 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Herbert Ross

Cast Steve Martin · Christopher Walken · Bernadette Peters · Jessica Harper

Plot In Chicago during the depression, sheet music salesman, Arthur Parker, is trying to sell his products, but it's not easy to convince unwilling music store owners to buy them. Although...

6.9

858 votes

6.9

858 votes

Stardust Memories

1980 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Woody Allen · Charlotte Rampling · Jessica Harper · Marie-Christine Barrault

Plot A movie director specializing in comedies, Sandy Bates attends a retrospective on his work in a coastal hotel. While everyone around him wants to meet him and shower praise upon...

6.8

5K votes

6.8

5K votes

Presumed Innocent

1990 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Alan J. Pakula

Cast Harrison Ford · Greta Scacchi · Bonnie Bedelia · Brian Dennehy

Plot When a female D.A. is killed, the D.A. assigns his assistant to handle the investigation. Only problem is that he was having an affair with her. And the evidence reveals...

6.7

20K votes

6.7

20K votes

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

1982 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Woody Allen · Mia Farrow · José Ferrer · Julie Hagerty

Plot Early 20th century. Three couples meet for a weekend in the country: an inventor who has created a “spirit-catching ball” and his wife, who has sex problems; a rationalist and...

6.6

8K votes

6.6

8K votes

Klute

1971 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Alan J. Pakula

Cast Jane Fonda · Donald Sutherland · Roy Scheider · Charles Cioffi

Plot A small-town private eye (Donald Sutherland) searching for a missing husband in New York befriends a high-end call girl (Jane Fonda) who's threatened by a sadistic killer in this character-driven...

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes

Little Murders

1971 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Alan Arkin

Cast Elliott Gould · Lou Jacobi · Donald Sutherland · Alan Arkin

Plot In this black comedy, Alfred Chamberlain (Elliott Gould) is an impassive photographer engaged to Patsy Newquist (Marcia Rodd), an outgoing optimist -- and the one person capable of making him...

6.4

101 votes

6.4

101 votes

The Drowning Pool

1975 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

The Parallax View

1974 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Alan J. Pakula

Cast Warren Beatty · Hume Cronyn · William Daniels · Paula Prentiss

Plot A reporter uncovers the deadly conspiracy behind a political assassination.

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

The Paper Chase

1973 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction James Bridges

Cast Timothy Bottoms · Lindsay Wagner · John Houseman · Graham Beckel

Plot "You have to choose between the girl you love and the diploma you've worked for all your life. You have 30 seconds".. Hart is a confused first year law student...

6.3

261 votes

6.3

261 votes

Comes a Horseman

1978 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Alan J. Pakula

Cast Jane Fonda · Jason Robards · James Caan · Richard Farnsworth

Plot Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank...

6.2

542 votes

6.2

542 votes